doom

[ doom ]

/ dum /

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noun

fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.

ruin; death: to fall to one's doom.

a judgment, decision, or sentence, especially an unfavorable one: The judge pronounced the defendant's doom.

the Last Judgment, at the end of the world.

Obsolete. a statute, enactment, or legal judgment.

verb (used with object)

to destine, especially to an adverse fate.

to pronounce judgment against; condemn.

to ordain or fix as a sentence or fate.

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Origin of doom

before 900; Middle English dome, dōm, Old English dōm judgment, law; cognate with Old Norse dōmr, Gothic dōms; compare Sanskrit dhā́man, Greek thémis law; see do¹, deem

SYNONYMS FOR doom

1 See fate.

3 condemnation.

6 predestine.

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OTHER WORDS FROM doom

doom·y, adjectivepre·doom, verb (used with object)self-doomed, adjective

Words nearby doom

doolally, doolan, doolie, doolittle, dooly, doom, doom and gloom, doom palm, doom-laden, doomful, dooms

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Example sentences from the Web for doomed

Trying to fine-tune all that to a desired end is not only a form of madness but doomed to failure.
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Imagine if you were doomed forever to live inside a youthful mistake.
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But what they are being asked to do is doomed to fail—at least in the long haul.
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In these expectations, however, he was doomed to be disappointed.
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It seems to be doomed to extermination through the relentless hunting of it for its fur.
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Let us save, at least, our honour, if we are doomed to lose everything else.
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We have, therefore, to draw the fatal conclusion that Switzerland is doomed should capitalist imperialism endure.
The Forerunners|Romain Rolland
Art thou not come for me as doomed to death, but to bring this cruel message?
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British Dictionary definitions for doomed

doom

/ (duːm) /

noun

death or a terrible fate

a judgment or decision

(sometimes capital) another term for the Last Judgment

verb

(tr) to destine or condemn to death or a terrible fate

Word Origin for doom

Old English dōm; related to Old Norse dōmr judgment, Gothic dōms sentence, Old High German tuom condition, Greek thomos crowd, Sanskrit dhāman custom; see do 1, deem, deed, -dom

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doom

noun

verb (used with object)

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noun

verb

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